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2024-25 Men's Track and Field Roster

Samir Amin

  • Height 5-8
  • Year Senior
  • Hometown Olympia, Wash.
  • High School North Thurston
  • Event Distance
  • Major Computer Science

Biography

Collegiate Personal Bests (TFRRS) 

2023-24:
- Was part of a distance medley relay team that posted the number two time in the nation at 10:12.75 at the Terrier Classic
2022-23: 
- Competed in five meets during the indoor season and four during the outdoor season 
- Placed fourth in the 1,500m at the Sean Collier Invitational

2021-22: 
- Competed in eight meets 
- Member of the 4x800 team that won the New England D3 Outdoor Championship 
- Finished fourth in the 1,500m at the NEWMAC Championship

Favorite Sports Memory: 
- Witnessing the most tough, well-deserved national championship victory for the MIT XC team

Favorite Moment as an MIT Student-Athlete: 
- The day-to-day hustling and bustling with the boys, racking up huge mileage

Off the Track at MIT: 
- Majoring in computer science with a concentration in literature  
- Machine Learning Prodigy  
- Internship: MIT CSAIL  
- MIT XC Discord Admin  
- Data Analyst for the PKG Center  
- Member of the Chess Club

High School: 
- Two-time District Scholar-Athlete Award recipient 
- Math State Silver Medalist 
- Received the Lisa Corwin Foundation Award 
- Four-time varsity letter winner in track and cross country 
- Holds the cross country 5K school record in 15:34 
- Placed eighth at the 2019 state championship in the 800m in a time of 1:56 
- Member of the National Honor Society 
- Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout 
- ASB President 
- Captain of both the track and cross-country teams 
- Band Vice-President and lead trumpet 
- Edmund Maxwell Foundation Scholarship Recipient 
- Lacey Rotary Scholarship Recipient

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22First Year

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2023-24Junior

    Distance
    5'8"
  • 2024-25Senior

    Distance
    5'8"